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Michigan and New Jersey Registries Receive IRC Awards
During the opening plenary of the 2003 Immunization Registry Conference (IRC), Walt Orenstein, Director of the National Immunization Program of the CDC, presented three awards to registries who best exemplified in practice the themes of this year's conference: Grow, Connect, Protect. The awards are based on the registries' achievements during the past year and all registries, public and private, are eligible to be nominated.
The Grow Award was presented to the Michigan Childhood Immunization Registry. This award acknowledges an immunization registry that has achieved participation from a high percentage of health care providers from the public and private sectors through effective, innovative, sustainable, and generalizable recruitment strategies.
The New Jersey Immunization Information System was the recipient of the Connect Award. This award acknowledges an immunization registry that has made significant progress toward establishing automated, real-time connections with other computerized health care information systems. These systems include, but are not limited to, other immunization registries, private- and public-sector health care provider software systems, and government information systems. Evaluation of the nominees was based according to the degree to which the registry has implemented the HL7 Implementation Guide.
Taking two out of three awards, the Michigan Childhood Immunization Registry also received the Protect Award. This award recognizes the role that immunization registries play in supporting immunization program decision-making. This award acknowledges the application of registry data in measuring and monitoring immunization coverage, and in ultimately protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases.
AIRA extends congratulations to the New Jersey Immunization Information System and the Michigan Childhood Immunization Registry for the awards they received in recognition of their hard work and outstanding achievements.